Series I. Administrative Files [series]: Files from the top-level of Human Rights Campaign (Fund) administration, including
files of executive directors, presidents, and Boards, and files relating to membership,
fundraising, and planning, including plans for HRC's office building. Currently, there
is no separate subseries for founding documents. Articles of incorporation, bylaws and
their revisions, and other key records relating to the founding and development of
HRC(F) as an organization can be found in the Education Department's 20th Year History
Project files (Series VII). Files regarding various mergers with other organizations are
also found primarily in the 20th Year History Project files.

Note that most of the official records of the HRC(F) Board of Directors, Board of
Governors, and Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board have not yet been transferred to
the archives, and the use of Board and Executive Director files is currently
restricted.

Executive Staff [subseries]: Included here are the correspondence, subject files, and other files maintained by
each head of HRC(F). Currently it consists primarily of the records of Elizabeth
Birch, with scattered files from others. The early files contain a lot of
correspondence from long-time Administrative Assistant Farley Peterson. These boxes
are not yet open for research use. HRC has yet to determine the length of their
restriction.

Early files of Stephen Endean, 1970-1985, came with Gay Rights National Lobby files
HRC inherited and are in Series II. Additional Endean files may be found in the
Fairness Fund and Field Division files in Series V and in the Right to Privacy
Foundation files in Series VIII. Some files from Steve Endean's tenure as HRC
Treasurer and a few additional files from executive directors Vic Basile and Tim
McFeeley are in the 20th Year History Project files (Series VII).

54, 78, 79

Stephen R. Endean,
1980-1983 [subseries]:

79

Vic Basile,
1983-1989 [subseries]:

79, 108-109

Tim McFeeley,
1989-1995 [subseries]:

94-98, 100, 103-107, 110-113, 116-121, 128

Elizabeth Birch,
1995-2004

[subseries]:

90

Harvey Hurdle (Chief
Operating Officer), 2001-2005

[subseries]:

91

Cheryl Jacques,
2004

[subseries]:

54, 79, 82-84, 93, 127

Board Materials [subseries]: Included here are the agenda, minutes, and correspondence from Board meetings, drafts
of reports they produce, and other files produced by HRC's Board of Directors, Board
of Governors, and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board. Note that most of these
vital records have not yet been transferred to the archives, and their use is
currently restricted. Some memoranda from the Board are found throughout the
collection, in the files of various departments and units of HRC(F).

Membership and
Fundraising [subseries]: Included here are files from HRC(F)'s efforts to encourage membership, including
files from the Insider Program, later the Federal Club, and the Sustainer Program.
Much of the work to encourage new members happened at the local level at events
planned by the Constituent Mobilization Division and Field office, so researchers
should look in those series too. Also here is documentation of HRC's communication
with its members, including member feedback on issues, both protest and support. The
direct marketing files show HRC's efforts at communicating with members and appealing
for funds through the years. Also included are correspondence and files from the
Development Department. Records containing financial information are restricted for 25
years from date of creation.

1, 127

Membership Programs [subseries]:

2

Member Feedback on
Issues [subseries]:

3, 28

Direct Mail
Examples [subseries]:

1, 58, 61, 66-67

Development

[subseries]:

1, 101, 130

HRC Office Building, 1640 Rhode
Island Ave., N.W. [subseries]: Files relating to the design, building, furnishing, and funding of HRC's building,
which opened in 2003, including correspondence regarding awards won. Except for the
two folders in Box 1 and two folders in Education Director Kim Mill's files in Series
VII, these files are not yet open for research use. Blueprints to existing HRC
facilities will be restricted to permission of HRC.